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Book Circle: Connecting Through Conversations

Solito: a Memoir by Javier Zamora

2024-06-29 11:00:00 2024-06-29 12:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Book Circle: Connecting Through Conversations A book circle to connect as a community in a meaningful way and create a safe space to expand and deepen our understanding of the world around us. Check out a copy of the book at the Info Desk. Belvedere Tiburon Library - Corner Books

Saturday, June 29
11:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-29 11:00:00 2024-06-29 12:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Book Circle: Connecting Through Conversations A book circle to connect as a community in a meaningful way and create a safe space to expand and deepen our understanding of the world around us. Check out a copy of the book at the Info Desk. Belvedere Tiburon Library - Corner Books

A book circle to connect as a community in a meaningful way and create a safe space to expand and deepen our understanding of the world around us. Check out a copy of the book at the Info Desk.

Join us each month in reading the chosen book and coming together in meaningful conversation that expands understanding, self-reflection, learning, and openness.

Together, we will share perspectives in safe and respectful ways inspired by books that provide expansive experiences that support the transformation of our ways of knowing, being, and living in community.

In June, we will be reading, Solito: a Memoir by Javier Zamora.  "Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a "coyote" hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito not only provides an immediate and intimate account of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home." -Provided by Publisher

Come join us for an insightful and inspiring conversation!

Check out a copy of the book at the Information Desk. Bring the book with you to the book club.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Club/ Group |

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Belvedere Tiburon Library

Phone: (415) 789-2661

Hours
Mon, Oct 21 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Oct 22 9:00AM to 8:00PM
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About the branch

The Library was designed by the firm of Bull, Stockwell, and Allen. The architectural style is that of the 19th century railroad yard in Tiburon. 
 
The site is part of the landfill of the 1890s done to create the railroad yard. Windows frame views of the marsh lands and Old St. Hilary's Open Space preserve. 
 
The expanded library was designed by Brown Reynolds Watford Architecture and added approximately 9,000 square feet, bringing the total size of the library to about 19,500 square feet. 

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